All this snow has some public works crews scratching their heads. Where to put it? In Natick, the Highway Department has cleared out a huge lot for the sole purpose of filling it right back up again.

WBZ-TV’s Christina Hager reports

“You find a hole wherever you can. On the side streets it’s tough when there are a lot of driveways. You really just need to bring it down the street somewhere and dump it,” says Natick Highway Supervisor Tom Hladick.

The city of Boston is renting a melting machine to help thaw out snowbanks that have jammed up narrow downtown streets. The problem is, there may be too much volume for that to make a dent.

“With this amount of snow, it’s a long process,” says Hladick. He says Natick just got a new snow melter, but isn’t even using it yet. “We’re just going to have to haul it out for this storm because we got so much.”